Posts Tagged ‘dairy industry’

People who know a thing or two about nutrition continue to puzzle over the strange dish of commerce and politics served up in the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In a new editorial for the BMJ, Marion Nestle, one of the most influential authorities in the world on food policy, is blunt. Political and commercial […]

Protein in your iced tea? In your snack chips? Yes indeed, these are artifacts of “protein madness.” This growing obsession with cramming protein into ever more of the products we consume has far-reaching effects. For The Atlantic, Lila Shroff describes her epiphany about this trend: “Protein products have come a long way. Perhaps, they have […]

Starbucks is making a statement. Again. Dairy is on the way out. In the interest of making making itself an earth-friendly enterprise, Starbucks will be pushing people toward plant milks. So twitter lit up immediately. Who Are They Kidding? Whoever thought this up is, “quite frankly, as incorrect as anyone possibly could be,” said RD […]

Can strapping a fitbit on a cow make that animal healthier? For that matter, can it make the dairy industry and perhaps even the planet healthier? Artificial intelligence and new tech for connecting cows to the web are dangling this possibility before us. Monitoring Health and Activity Sensor tags and collars for cows are not […]